With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives. Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps, as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart.
How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker, neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy to speak to others that are around you.
I know of a few people that don't have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face. They don't get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space. How can people not get a really funny joke?
Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world. It drives people crazy. We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. So, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.
1. According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that （ ）.
2. The author answers the question in Paragraph 2 with （ ）.
3. The phrase “busting a gut” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by （ ）.
4. Which is not mentioned as a function humor plays in life?
5. In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to （ ）.
问题1选项
A.it makes people more confident
B.it can pick up people's spirits
C.it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world
D.it can help people get on well with others
问题2选项
A.facts and descriptions
B.evidence and argument
C.examples and conclusion
D.stories and persuasion
问题3选项
A.explaining carefully
B.speaking loud
C.keeping silent
D.laughing hard
问题4选项
A.Humor can reduce stress.
B.Humor helps to land a job offer.
C.Humor can drive sadness away.
D.Humor can make your family happy.
问题5选项
A.talk about his own understanding of humor
B.encourage people to be humorous in daily life
C.introduce a practical way to get through daily life
D.convince people of the power of being optimistic about life
第1题:B
第2题:C
第3题:D
第4题:B
第5题:B
1.【试题解析】判断推理题。题干意思是“幽默的有用之处在于（ ）?”。第一段第一句but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives.（拥有良好的幽默感也是必要的，只是为了帮助我们度过生活的每一天），可以看出，保持幽默可以打起人们的精神；A项“使人更自信”，文中只提到幽默可以解压；C项“帮助人们摆脱残酷的世界”，这是作者引用了奶奶的例子，主要是用来说明幽默能让自己在残酷生活中缓解压力；D项“帮助人们与人友好相处”，文中只是提到幽默也是一种人与人之间的礼貌，着重点还是在于幽默可以解压。因此B项“打起/鼓舞人们的精神”正确。
2.【试题解析】判断推理题。题干意思是“作者第二段回答问题用的是什么?”。第二段的问题是How would you feel if you could not joke…or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store?（如果你不能和你的妻子，丈夫，孩子，同事，邻居，亲密的朋友，甚至只是一个和你一起在街角商店排队的人开玩笑，你会有什么感觉?）；后面作者用奶奶的例子来回答这个问题并且做出了结论，因此该题C选项“例子和结论”正确。
3.【试题解析】语义推测题。题干意思是“第三段中的短语‘busting a gut’可以用哪个词替代?”。根据第三段第二句Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face.（他们周围的人听了这个笑话可能会在地板上打滚，但他们会坐在那里，脸上没有一丝笑容。）结合后面I am busting a gut while they just sit there可以推断出，当他们坐在那里的时候，“我”是和他们周围的人一样笑得在地板上打滚。因此，可以猜出busting a gut在这里是“大笑”的意思，因此D选项 “努力地大笑”正确。
4.【试题解析】细节判断题。题干意思是“下列关于幽默在生活中发挥的作用哪一项没有描述？”。最后一段提到Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control（笑对于控制心理压力的水平是很重要的），因此A项“幽默可以减少压力”正确；倒数第二句提到We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives.（我们都需要找到一种方法来绕过悲伤，为我们的生活带来一点光明），因此C项“幽默可以驱散悲伤”正确；最后一句提到I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.（我相信最好的药方是聚在一起，讲一些笑话，一起开怀大笑），推断出“幽默是可以令家人开心的”，因此D项正确；B项“幽默帮助获得工作机会”文中没有提到，因此该题选B。
5.【试题解析】主旨大意题。题干意思是“作者写这篇文章的主要意图是什么？”。全文主要在论述一个观点，那就是拥有良好的幽默感可以帮助我们度过生活的每一天，缓解生活中的压力；可以推断出作者是鼓励/建议大家变得幽默，只有B选项“鼓励人们日常生活中变得幽默”符合题意。A项“谈论自己对幽默的理解”，文中作者有发表自己的见解，但通篇都在论述幽默对生活有帮助；C项“介绍一种实用方法来度过日常生活”，最后一段提到We all need to find a way to bypass the sadness and bring a little light into our lives.（我们都需要找到一个方式来绕过悲伤给生活带来一点光），这句话是鼓励我们保持幽默，因为幽默可以缓解压力，但文章主旨不是介绍实用的方式，而是论述幽默的好处；D项“让人们相信乐观对待生活的力量”，文中讲的是幽默，不是乐观。因此B项正确。
